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Show Mit)ii i i (iii r. Bluodj Work on Hie t lioy-eiiu- Ulter-Lu Lupine lor thu 31 i iii'rt, Furl Laramie, -0. Mr. -Nfihian of .Scr-intoii, Pa., arrived here this alter-lkAJti. alter-lkAJti. Ue eays that while c.nuing in on the morning oi tiie lGm, hu party was attacked by Indians iu Ked c:ii"i,in, uear Cheyenne river. There is a ranehe about lil'ty nii;cs Irum Cutter, and a fev of tiie party eseapc-tl tj it. Mr. ucd Mrs. Melz ol Laramie city, Wyoming, were killed. A colored woman was taken prisoner. A man named cimpson was also killed. The bodies were buried tiie neit day. Mrs. Metz bad been ravished. Three men were wounded, (.irichau from. Missouri, mortally; Ft lion from Missouri, and 0. Y. Bergessir Irom Virginia city, Nev., seriously. It is feared their wounds may prove fatal. The wounded men are at the Cheyenne river ranehe. The place where tho attack was made is about 120 miles from this post. A party from the Black Hills to-day say that abjut ten days ago three wagons werolound at the entrance to Bull.ib gap on the Yankton route, destroyed and Llie stock gone. Signs of a tight were numerous. The wagon covers had been shot to pieces and parts ol the material the wagons had btieu , loaded with were lying around, some with marks of balls on them. The Indians had evidently attacked and destroyed the entire outfit. |